XFSETTINGSD(1)
π XFSETTINGSD π
okay bestie, so xfsettingsd is a User Commands manual page β the XSettings daemon for Xfce β and I'm literally about to walk you through every single flag like it's a group chat. no skips, no gatekeeping, we're doing the whole thing π«Ά
β¨ NAME β¨
xfsettingsd β the XSettings daemon for Xfce, aka the lil background bestie that keeps your settings in check π
πΈ DESCRIPTION πΈ
π Usage:
xfsettingsd [OPTION...]
like... that's it. that's the whole vibe. run it, throw some options at it, watch it be iconic β¨
π Help Options:
-h,--helpβ shows you the help options. the classic "help me pls" move π--help-allβ shows all the help options, every single one, no crumbs left behind π--help-gtkβ shows the GTK+ Options, because GTK+ has its own whole thing going on π--help-sm-clientβ shows the session management options. sm = session management, iykyk π§
π¦ GTK+ Options π¦
these are the GTK+ girlies, they come as a package deal:
--class=CLASSβ the program class, as used by the window manager. it's giving "who am I in the WM's eyes" π--name=NAMEβ the program name, as used by the window manager. your government name, fr fr πΈ--screen=SCREENβ the X screen to use. pick your screen, bestie π₯οΈ--syncβ makes X calls synchronous. lowkey slower but very "i need to see everything happen in order" energy β--gtk-module=MODULESβ load additional GTK+ modules. extra modules = extra main character energy π--g-fatal-warningsβ makes all warnings fatal. like, every single warning becomes a whole crisis. dramatic but okay ππ
π Session management options π
--sm-client-id=IDβ the session management client ID. your lil session passport πβ¨--sm-client-disableβ disable session management entirely. not me ghosting session management π
π Application Options:
these are the ones you'll actually be reaching for, ngl:
-V,--versionβ version information. the "who even are you" check π--no-daemonβ do not fork to the background. stay right here, in the foreground, with me π«Ά--replaceβ replace the running xsettings daemon (if any). out with the old, in with the iconic β¨--display=DISPLAYβ the X display to use. tell it which display you're on, bestie π₯οΈ
π COPYRIGHT π
Copyright Β© 2008-2011
The Xfce development team. All rights reserved.
Please report bugs to <https://bugzilla.xfce.org/>.
okay so real talk: bugs go to that bugzilla link, and yes the copyright is the Xfce dev team's, 2008-2011, all rights reserved. respect the elders π«‘
and that's the whole page, bestie!! every flag, every option, every copyright line β nothing skipped, periodt π β¨
xfsettingsd 4.11.0 (Xfce 4.10) β September 2013 β mwah, iconic, ate, no notes πππ¦πΈβ
π¦ where this page comes from
- debian bookworm: xfce4-settings 4.18.2-1 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- debian trixie: xfce4-settings 4.20.1-1 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- ubuntu jammy: xfce4-settings 4.16.2-1ubuntu2 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- ubuntu jammy: xfce4-settings 4.16.2-1ubuntu2.22.04.1 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- ubuntu noble: xfce4-settings 4.18.4-0ubuntu3 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- ubuntu questing: xfce4-settings 4.20.1-1ubuntu1
- ubuntu resolute: xfce4-settings 4.20.1-1ubuntu2 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- ubuntu stonking: xfce4-settings 4.20.1-1ubuntu2 Β· GPL-2.0-or-later
- π girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms